I was about to do my tech support rounds like I usually do once per week and provide some support in the "I bricked my device" threads.... But there are none.. Every week about 1 in 3 active threads were along the lines of "Black Screen, odin won't flash", or "help, my Cappy wont turn on".......
Did UnBrickable Mod clean this forum up or are people just not flashing anymore? Is everyone using Heimdall one-click? Either way, it's pretty cool that this problem does not appear to exist anymore.
Lol just cause there is a lull for a week doesn't mean the issue is resolved. just wait, there will be more. I guarantee it.
Not to say your work isn't doing any good, it is. Genius work. But there will always be people who don't read everything and/or are brand new to flashing and make mistakes, not to mention connection issues while flashing boots.
Keep up the good work, i'm sure there will be more bricks for you to rescue
I'm unbrickable!!!its so great!
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Honestly, I have made just about every noob mistake that can be made over the last 3 weeks and have yet to get myself to a point where I couldn't get the phone in to DL mode. I can't imagine what some of these people must do to get them completely crapped out.
haha thats funny cause i bricked my device last thursday and got the download dongle on monday. but did you say there is a mod that makes it unrickabe?
I think people are becoming smarter and more cautious about flashing bootloaders for no reason.
Here, fix this instead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17979075&posted=1#post17979075
I have noticed that the phones are harder to brick with the new bootloaders.
a breaked my galaxy s i9000 (6 month ) when a downgrad from 2.3.3 to 2.1 with odin now the screen of the phone is completly black teh 301 ohm resistor failed I bought a new one and am very sad.can you help me!sorry for my bad english
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a breaked my galaxy s i9000 (6 month ) when a downgrad from 2.3.3 to 2.1 with odin now the screen of the phone is completly black teh 301 ohm resistor failed I bought a new one and am very sad.can you help me!sorry for my bad english
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Do the Captivate UnBrickable Mod.
AdamOutler said:
Do the Captivate UnBrickable Mod.
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Nevermind... I just reread my post and that does not apply to an i9000. I need an i9000 to get the mod right.
thinks men but please give i9000 a try am very sad because of my dead phone
This is literally a how to thread>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242466
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thinks men can you give me how to do it
and is it safe؟
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think you but this is for the captivate can a try it for the samsung galaxy s i9000!
jbabbler said:
Honestly, I have made just about every noob mistake that can be made over the last 3 weeks and have yet to get myself to a point where I couldn't get the phone in to DL mode. I can't imagine what some of these people must do to get them completely crapped out.
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Lmfao me too no idea what these people are doing
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OK well i9k isn't available ...yet
romeofarok1977 said:
think you but this is for the captivate can a try it for the samsung galaxy s i9000!
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a simply downgrade with the right firmware from I9000XWJVI 2.3.3 to I9000XXJE2 2.1 and Odin failed finally the phone is dead!am sad
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OK well i9k isn't available ...yet
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thinks to you
Related
So I had an old cyanogen mod flashed on my phone and nothing was going wrong. I think I flashed it in late November 2010, early December 2010. So I was fine with that and then I got bored. So I flashed the Dilli ROM and the market stopped working so I flashed to Serendipity and that's where the real problem started. Every time I would get a call, I would lose service automatically and the call would fail. I just thought it was a problem with the way I flashed it. So I then flashed the Phoenix ROM hoping that would fix the dialer problem but it didn't. I am currently on the newest phoenix ROM and I can download apps from the market, send and receive texts, make calls and even use the internet. The only thing I can't do is receive calls. I know when a call is coming because the phone starts to ring but before it shows me who is calling, it automatically loses service and fails the call. Has anyone else ever had this problem? Is there anything I can do? Any information would really help. Thank you!!
Have you tried flashing to stock?
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You might need to flash to stock then flash a different rom
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curti.nogg said:
Have you tried flashing to stock?
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How does one do this?!
Rehab5656 said:
How does one do this?!
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The fact that you flashed multiple roms without knowing how to flash back to stock is idiotic. Flashing back to stock is the one thing you should know how to do because it can save your phone.
Read this ENTIRE guide and follow it step by step or you will continue to run into the problems you are having. These anomalies cant be diagnosed by us because your phone probably has files from numerous roms on it by now. Flashing back to stock and using a master clear allows you to diagnose issues much easier.
The guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Another wow!
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Another wow!
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+100
If u have everything backed up. U may want to try a master clear also.
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Hey noob, how about next time you post in the CM7 sticky instead of opening a new thread?
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That's most likely the modem. Find out what modem CM7 uses and as long as it's the same base as you're using now (i9000/i897), find the CWM for that modem and flash it.
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Hey noob, how about next time you post in the CM7 sticky instead of opening a new thread?
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Wow really?... Not saying the op did everything right but do you really need to slam him like that? Xda is supposed to be about sharif knowledge not tearing people apart
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crystalhand said:
Xda is supposed to be about sharif knowledge not tearing people apart
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"Sharif he don't like it, rock the casbah, rock the casbah" ;p
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Wow really?... Not saying the op did everything right but do you really need to slam him like that? Xda is supposed to be about sharif knowledge not tearing people apart
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You call that a slam? Tearing him apart? You must be a liberal. The ROM-specific stickies are here for a reason. All these posts outside the stickies just make sharing that knowledge you speak of harder. Why is it so hard to comprehend that if there's a sticky with a dedicated subject that maybe that's where any posts on that subject should go? XDA is also about rules and they exist for the benefit of all.
Please use a search before opening a new thread or post rom questions in the provided Q&A rom thread.
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Hello -
I have a Captivate 2.2 Froyo and I rooted it and then I rebooted but now it gets stuck at Galaxy S screen. It still glows, and vibrates at random times. Recovery mode still works. Any tips?
Do not double post threads in different sections!
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Flash stock
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I tried using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266172
but, it didn't work. It got hooked at Flashing PARAM. It rebooted then was stuck at the Galaxy S screen.
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Hello -
I have a Captivate 2.2 Froyo and I rooted it and then I rebooted but now it gets stuck at Galaxy S screen. It still glows, and vibrates at random times. Recovery mode still works. Any tips?
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All you did was root your phone. You didn't flash a ROM or anything? If you have already read how to flash to stock I would suggest doing that. Make sure you read and search the forum because there is so much information that can help you get out of a bind.
b-eock said:
Do not double post threads in different sections!
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So rather than help the guy in the Q & A section, you tell him in both of his threads not to double post? Great help there bud, but when it is you that need help you get mad when others call you out for not paying attention. Start helping others, and I don't care what your thank meter is at, that is not an indication of you truly helping people.
flashman2002 said:
All you did was root your phone. You didn't flash a ROM or anything? If you have already read how to flash to stock I would suggest doing that. Make sure you read and search the forum because there is so much information that can help you get out of a bind.
So rather than help the guy in the Q & A section, you tell him in both of his threads not to double post? Great help there bud, but when it is you that need help you get mad when others call you out for not paying attention. Start helping others, and I don't care what your thank meter is at, that is not an indication of you truly helping people.
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I help people when they follow the rules! learn the way it works.. .
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How bout this...lets just let them know they r wrong.,and then try and help them
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bulletproof1013 said:
How bout this...lets just let them know they r wrong.,and then try and help them
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That works, I just always forget the second part
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Regardless. If Heimdall got stuck try using from another usb hub. If on desktop one from the back of the tower. If that doesn't work might want to try another cable (also rebooting your machine isnt a bad idea.) Are you on a Mac or a linux machine?
Sounds like a good idea. I've read that plugging your usb cable into a usb port directly attached to the motherboard works best.
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prbassplayer said:
Regardless. If Heimdall got stuck try using from another usb hub. If on desktop one from the back of the tower. If that doesn't work might want to try another cable (also rebooting your machine isnt a bad idea.) Are you on a Mac or a linux machine?
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Oops, previous post was supposed to quote this one above.
Hey guys I just got my Samsung Captivate I wanna use as a backup and well I think I already bricked it. Ive had a Samsung Captivate for a year and I never had this problem but now i am.
I used the AIO Captivate Toolbox and wanted to install the 3 button fix. So I go into Odin and put the PIT and PDA files where they should be and everything goes fine and it even says it passed but now its not turning on at all and it wont respond to a jig either.
i hope someone can help me but im fearing the worst.
AIO toolbox was taken down because the "3 button fix" bricks phones that already have gingerbread bootloaders. i guess.. you could say 3 button fix is included in gingerbread bootloaders.
as the 3 button fix only flashes 1 of 2 bootloaders and was only needed for the VERY first batch of captivates, and was RARELY ever needed although hundreds of people un-needingly flashed it... and still couldnt figure out why they couldnt get 3 button combo to work ( noob error is why).
once the gingerbread bootloader came out, 3 button fix was removed EVERYWHERE possible because it was bricking phones. and if a phone has gingerbread bootloaders it DOES NOT need the 3 button fix.
The phone was on stock firmware though. So I'm guessing my phone is hard bricked?
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^ Which Stock ??
If u have zero signs of life (even when u plug it in to charge) ...then yep u r hard bricked.
If u r on xda while on a pc, check out my signature link below for suggestions/links for "Repair".
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4-2ndtwin said:
^ Which Stock ??
If u have zero signs of life (even when u plug it in to charge) ...then yep u r hard bricked.
If u r on xda while on a pc, check iut my signature link below for suggestions/links for "Repair".
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anyone know how to do the unbrickable mod without costing me 50 bucks? lol
pwnerman said:
anyone know how to do the unbrickable mod without costing me 50 bucks? lol
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The thread is there explaining what needs to be done, but unless you have good soldering skills you will need to pay someone to do it.
prbassplayer said:
The thread is there explaining what needs to be done, but unless you have good soldering skills you will need to pay someone to do it.
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Yea I know I'm pissed off at myself for costing myself another 40 bucks the first day I get it but I guess that's how it goes
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It's a mod well worth the money however. I had it done to a previous captivate and I regret so much having to turn it in for warranty.
Swyped from my phone
And the link is ????????
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And the link is ????????
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Uh search for it?
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Hey guys, do not flash the OTA update manually with CWM, it bricked my tab an will most likely brick yours too.
Make sure your tab is stock 3.0.1 and wait patiently.
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To clarify, I'm taking about the OTA zip from Google, not the cwm backup.
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Off course yunshouldnt flash OTA update with CWM!
IT WILL BRICK YOUR TAB!
If you are not sure what you doing don't do it!
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I'm kitchen this backup but there is the kernel bug!!
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rs125 said:
I'm kitchen this backup but there is the kernel bug!!
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If you say you're cooking a new rom with this one, I'm going to wait...to sell it, but after having tested your 3.2 and this "update", believe me, yours is better!! I'm totally dissapointed with it.
Keep it real, man!
yes, i'm use cwm manually ota , my tap brick ,now can't open fastboot or odin mode
and use nvflash no respond. (use nvflash "show rcm version 0x4"
you can help me?
osmosis24 said:
yes, i'm use cwm manually ota , my tap brick ,now can't open fastboot or odin mode
and use nvflash no respond. (use nvflash "show rcm version 0x4"
you can help me?
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what the f+++ck you guys don´t understand:
DONT FLASH THE OTA WHITH CWM!!!
touth it was i nice way to stop whith the 10.1 v problem.....
now go to vodafone and say it was a horrible storm...in your head!!
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what the f+++ck you guys don´t understand:
DONT FLASH THE OTA WHITH CWM!!!
touth it was i nice way to stop whith the 10.1 v problem.....
now go to vodafone and say it was a horrible storm...in your head!!
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I'm not sure what I must do to go back to stock rom and recovery so I can receive OTA, do you have any link you can point me to?
Is this what I should do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083517
Tbh it's not such a crazy thing to think that the OTA was ok to flash with CWM.on the galaxy nexus that was fine to do.
But I learned my lesson and I'm starting to understand the reasons why
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LILkillaBEE said:
I'm not sure what I must do to go back to stock rom and recovery so I can receive OTA, do you have any link you can point me to?
Is this what I should do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083517
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Yes you can flash this one, it will brings you back to stock.
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LILkillaBEE said:
I'm not sure what I must do to go back to stock rom and recovery so I can receive OTA, do you have any link you can point me to?
Is this what I should do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083517
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i hope you did the rigth thing just now online!
No point in waiting one year and f###ck everything in the last minute.
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ramonams said:
Tbh it's not such a crazy thing to think that the OTA was ok to flash with CWM.on the galaxy nexus that was fine to do.
But I learned my lesson and I'm starting to understand the reasons why
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Sorry. for your tab!
I did the same mistake twice,don't no why it don't brick.just abort flash
Maybe is a punishment for me just keeping on this update hell
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Just wondering if anyone has had any success in unbricking their tab yet. I was reading through old forum posts and there was a thread where fricorico had flashed a transformer rom and couldn't load fastboot or download mode. He said that he managed to get his tab into apx mode and could then eventually get the tab back up and running.
I can't post a link because I'm on the xda app but our forum isn't too big to find it and try. Also, not sure what or how to get into apx mode though so this post may be literally useless to most people. But maybe someone knowledgeable will remember something as a result.
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twigster said:
Just wondering if anyone has had any success in unbricking their tab yet. I was reading through old forum posts and there was a thread where fricorico had flashed a transformer rom and couldn't load fastboot or download mode. He said that he managed to get his tab into apx mode and could then eventually get the tab back up and running.
I can't post a link because I'm on the xda app but our forum isn't too big to find it and try. Also, not sure what or how to get into apx mode though so this post may be literally useless to most people. But maybe someone knowledgeable will remember something as a result.
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I've brought mine to repair already. Nvflash doesn't work because our chip is locked with a special key. I've looked up a lot of things already when isi's tab bricked.
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I have to send it to Samsung...
Waiting for the damn thing to discharge fully to see if I can get out of the APX loop..
It's been 3 days and the bloody thing is still recognised by the PC...
It's definetly possible to fix it!
I had this problem when I've flashed 10.1 rom on 10.1v.
Google it!
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Yanluk said:
It's definetly possible to fix it!
I had this problem when I've flashed 10.1 rom on 10.1v.
Google it!
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Instead of repeating the same thing you could actually contribute and post your solution.
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I said I don't remember. I was testing some rooms for seo and I think he told me what to do. As far as I remember it involved getting boot.I mg from stock room and than flashing that.
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heimdall one click for exhibit
Hey guys my exhibit is bricked. Download mode is the only thing i can do with it. I have tried every thing to fix it. Odin won't communicate with it, one click unsoft brick didn't help. But Heimdall one click will communicate with my phone. I tried to make one for exhibit but I'm just not knowledgeable enough to do it. I was watching a video on how to do it and I downloaded the stock firmware from samsung, but i didn't have all the files that the guy in the video was using and so I'm stuck. Can anyone help me with this or even better create me a Heimdall one click for exhibit so I can save a 150 bucks and not have to buy a new phone. Been working two days straight trying to get it running and now I'm fresh out of ideas. Thanks for anybodies help.
First wrong section...second I had the same problem and this is how I fixed it with Odin....go here and read the section on going back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G..... download this http://www.mediafire.com/?9f4lg67htlcfr5j follow directions on wiki and success
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smartguy044 said:
First wrong section...second I had the same problem and this is how I fixed it with Odin....go here and read the section on going back to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G..... download this http://www.mediafire.com/?9f4lg67htlcfr5j follow directions on wiki and success
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I'm sorry this is in the wrong section. Thanks for the help but the link didn't bring anything up for me to read, but I can tell you that Odin won't communicate with my phone, which is why i'm trying to get a Heimdall for it.
if you follow my directions it will....i had the exact same problem with odin not seeing my phone and i followed the wiki and got the odin i linked you to and all was well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G
smartguy044 said:
if you follow my directions it will....i had the exact same problem with odin not seeing my phone and i followed the wiki and got the odin i linked you to and all was well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Exhibit_II_4G
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I already have that version of Odin. I've already used it probably at least 25 times in various computers and ports and with various cords. Odin doesn't work for me. It won't communicate with my phone. I downloaded the link you gave me and tried it all over again even read the wiki again just to be sure and it doesn't work. Heimdall does work though and that's why i need a one click for it. I'm willing to try other stuff, but I've already tried a lot. I think Heimdall is my best bet.
If you recently bought it, send it too Samsung, I just hard bricked my phone by being stupid, and they gave me a 10$ credit on my account and are fixing it for free
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IRX120 said:
If you recently bought it, send it too Samsung, I just hard bricked my phone by being stupid, and they gave me a 10$ credit on my account and are fixing it for free
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naw Ive had it for about a year or so